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Poly Beats

Poly Beats is a 5K vertical-scrolling rhythm game where you don't need to be perfect to have fun. Dive into our OST, decorated like they're animation, or jump into multiplayer for Tug of War, Free-For-All with power-ups, or ranked async 1v1s - where you compete at your pace, not by the clock.

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About the Game

A NEW CONTENDER TO THE RHYTHM GAME SPACE

Welcome to Poly Beats, the 5K rhythm hame that's designed to let you have fun, without being the best at them.

"WHAT EVEN IS A 5K RHYTHM GAME?"

Glad you asked. Well, a rhythm game is a game where you do something to the beat, or, rhythm of the music, and your goal is to stay as accurate as possible with your timing.

In our case, our game is 5K, which means you have 5 inputs that could be tested for that accuracy at any given moment in a song. Usually, other games only hit for 4K or 7K (no idea why they pick 7 though. That's such an odd number.)

CUSTOMIZE... EVERYTHING

We were all about making Poly Beats tailor to you, from the start. Personalize your game with custom keybinds, maps, colors, and note effects. But we're not stopping there – visit the Poly Beats Marketplace, our implementation of the Steam Workshop - where players worldwide can effortlessly share and access custom maps and themes.

DECORATED OST LEVELS

We've got something special – Stream! Our in-house decoration system & runtime, that lets map creators go wild with decorations like shapes, light rays, and custom shaders! Plus, it's super easy with our in-game Decoration Editor.

A RHYTHM GAME WITH ASYNCHRONOUS MULTIPLAYER

Check out our 'Rags To Riches' gamemode. It's an asynchronous multiplayer mode where you can receive maps from other players to be better than them at, or to send and see who's really the better player at Poly Beats.

It's ranked, by the way - so you can move up ranks, scaling from Trisa to Octa. Are you good enough? :p

+ 'NORMAL' MULTIPLAYER, TOO

The multiplayer you probably expect for a rhythm game - but with a twist. Instead of having standard modifiers available... how about some gamemodes instead? Think... Tug of War, Free For All with power-ups and abilities, World Repair in Co-Op and... way more? :)

TUNE PACKS + ARTIST COLLABS

We want to actually consistently hand official content to our community, so that players don't have to rely on only the community after the tutorial. We intend to make official OSTs for all our players who regularly want new challenges, and make sure to keep an eye on the ‘Extras’ pack, as this is updated regularly! <3

We're not just about our songs – we collaborate with other artists too! Get ready for diverse tune packs, and don't worry, we won't make you go broke.

GENEROUS REVENUE MODEL

Best part? Poly Beats is free! Enjoy base game content, customizations, multiplayer, and maps without spending a dime. But if you wanna support us, or have more content at your disposal, you can get our supporter tier - Encore Support, which also comes with some super neat perks at your disposal, and some Tune Pack DLCs that'll be with you soon. <3

GET IT NOW, FOOL

Thanks for reading about our game! If you made it this far, I'm sure you wanna play… so what are you waiting for? Wishlist this thing, and we'll catch you on release day! :)